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they really still want this to be about barack obama. you are going to hear i think at this debate -- and duf is correct -- you have will hear more from romney about himself and make himself a little bit more likable, but you will hear about his policies for the future. but the main thing i think these folks are going to concentrate on is if you like the last four years, boy oh boy you will love the next four. >> jennifer: right. >> they will try to make this more about the president. >> jennifer: what i think is going to be interesting on this, duf is if mitt romney is going to focus on the things that truly have been debunked before then he is going to be in a very awkward position, when he says he is going to prove that what the president said is a lie. >> i think really what is more important is that he is going to point out, look, president obama promised us that unemployment wouldn't be this high -- >> jennifer: that's another lie. he didn't promise that it was going to be 8% or less -- >> just christine roamer his chief economic -
they really still want this to be about barack obama. you are going to hear i think at this debate -- and duf is correct -- you have will hear more from romney about himself and make himself a little bit more likable, but you will hear about his policies for the future. but the main thing i think these folks are going to concentrate on is if you like the last four years, boy oh boy you will love the next four. >> jennifer: right. >> they will try to make this more about the...
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and will president obama handle it? will it be different from that the mitt romney from what you could read between the lines. >> the biggest pending issue would be iran's nuclear program, and romney has said that he would not shrink from using force if necessary to stop that program. but that is also obama has not ruled out the use of force. i am not sure that there is a difference there. the more long-range issue is china. and although romney has said he would declare china a currency manipulator on his first day in office, that sounds like more than it is. there are no policy or economic ramifications other than the fact that the u.s. has called china a currency manipulator and while i think that would be a good thing to do, it's -- i am not sure what flows from it, and i am not sure romney would do it. >> he could do what donald trump said he would do, just tell those chinese to stop, you know manipulating the currency, of course. you actually say that you were surprised when researching for this book to learn how m
and will president obama handle it? will it be different from that the mitt romney from what you could read between the lines. >> the biggest pending issue would be iran's nuclear program, and romney has said that he would not shrink from using force if necessary to stop that program. but that is also obama has not ruled out the use of force. i am not sure that there is a difference there. the more long-range issue is china. and although romney has said he would declare china a currency...
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but president obama also wants to cut it. i wish we had a different choice, but my job is to be do if he wins re-election. [♪ theme music ♪] >>> good evening, i'm eliot spitzer, and this "viewpoint." after months of waiting, weeks of speculation, mitt romney has named a running mate. >> join me in welcoming the next president of the united states paul ryan. >> at least romney got the name right, but with marco rubio and several other on list. why paul ryan? >> we share the same values, and that i have the kinds of experiences that complement his skills, that complement his experience, to help him govern to execute a vision to get this country back on the right track. >> not to mention getting the tea party and other hard-right conservatives fired up for november. but who's vision will be executed if they get elected, ryan or romney? >> i have my budget plan that i -- i have put out, and that's the budget plan we are going to run on. >> it is a trojan horse. disguised as deficit reduction plans, it's really an attempt to i
but president obama also wants to cut it. i wish we had a different choice, but my job is to be do if he wins re-election. [♪ theme music ♪] >>> good evening, i'm eliot spitzer, and this "viewpoint." after months of waiting, weeks of speculation, mitt romney has named a running mate. >> join me in welcoming the next president of the united states paul ryan. >> at least romney got the name right, but with marco rubio and several other on list. why paul ryan?...
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president obama, you can't reach out to he's these people. if i were obama you know what i would do? look at these guys. they don't care about the facts? they'll come after us no matter what. i welcome their hatred. you want to play? i'm the president of the united states. i'm going to show people how we're going to do this thing. i'm going to fight for progressive ideas. and i'm going to take the fight. don't go around looking for agreement from these radicals. they are not going to give it to you. they're only going to fight you harder. speaking of which when the president does that, for example, on the issue of immigration, it actually works for him. he came out with a policy that said if you're a counseling young kid coming to this country i'll give you two years to work in the country. guess what happened, tremendous support in the latino community. first of all, latino oprah who came out and did an ad for obama because she was so impressed by this move. let me show you that. >> president obama wants everyone to have the chance that i ha
president obama, you can't reach out to he's these people. if i were obama you know what i would do? look at these guys. they don't care about the facts? they'll come after us no matter what. i welcome their hatred. you want to play? i'm the president of the united states. i'm going to show people how we're going to do this thing. i'm going to fight for progressive ideas. and i'm going to take the fight. don't go around looking for agreement from these radicals. they are not going to give it to...
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on what he calls president obama's lies. do you think that makes him hyper subject to scrutiny because of the hypocrisy. >> that's what i was wondering. karl rove wrote a piece about how they have to go after the president's untruths. the problem he has got right now is that he cannot explain his program. he will not go into any kind of detail of his secret plan to balance this budget and get the economy on track because there is no plan. you know, if you look at the situation, it would -- he -- he says he is going to increase defense spending. he says he is going to give us all a $5 trillion tax cut or at least the wealthy people and balance the budget. that doesn't take an act of congress. it takes magic. >> jennifer: all right. you are in his war room prepping him for debates, and you know you are going to get this question. how does the math work? what loopholes, deductions will you close or reduce? what would you advise him? >> there are over 200 tax deductions we have out there. his $5 trillion tax increases would cost
on what he calls president obama's lies. do you think that makes him hyper subject to scrutiny because of the hypocrisy. >> that's what i was wondering. karl rove wrote a piece about how they have to go after the president's untruths. the problem he has got right now is that he cannot explain his program. he will not go into any kind of detail of his secret plan to balance this budget and get the economy on track because there is no plan. you know, if you look at the situation, it would...
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i would do if i were obama. what is president obama in fact doing? how many lines of attack have they started. >> hi, change, the audio is a little rough. they just got through speaking and they called paul ryan the ideological leaders. and i think that is the way they're going to go with this. they're going to paint him as a radical, extremist and and yes. >> stephanie: michael, the sky is not working great so we'ring it it leave it right there. we'll have more as this campaign unfoldses and we'll tell but their strategy. they're trying to paint them as radicals because he is a radical. for all the reasons why i sprained in the last few minutes. we'll talk about whether this helps or hurts a radical. the problem is the press going it tell but that, or are they going to go neutral. >>> finally, all the cameras that are spying in on you. how are they storing it and where are they working? >> the cameras would only be accessed in public whys. so no one is going to be value these. >> cenk: and the newsroom takes on
i would do if i were obama. what is president obama in fact doing? how many lines of attack have they started. >> hi, change, the audio is a little rough. they just got through speaking and they called paul ryan the ideological leaders. and i think that is the way they're going to go with this. they're going to paint him as a radical, extremist and and yes. >> stephanie: michael, the sky is not working great so we'ring it it leave it right there. we'll have more as this campaign...
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so was president obama. so sure under president obama, some stimulus money went to some international companies to create american jobs in america, and in contrast, under you mitt romney, american jobs went overseas and a lot of money came back right into your off-shore bank account. now, to discuss these issues and break this down is campaign strategist donnie fowler who has worked on the presidential campaigns of barack obama, john kerry, al gore bill clinton and the whole ball of wax. we are so glassd that you are back here in the war room. >> wow. >> what is up with this romney rubber-glue strategy. >> i can't follow that. nanny nanny boo-boo. overseas banking jobs. there you go. >> i am saying. >> our playground back and forth. >> let's talk about that. i mean i think the offshoring thing is obviously for them to distract. >> if you can't argue with the president on substance and you are concerned about your own economic past, throw out play grouped. >> the bull in the bull ring, wave a flag and the bul
so was president obama. so sure under president obama, some stimulus money went to some international companies to create american jobs in america, and in contrast, under you mitt romney, american jobs went overseas and a lot of money came back right into your off-shore bank account. now, to discuss these issues and break this down is campaign strategist donnie fowler who has worked on the presidential campaigns of barack obama, john kerry, al gore bill clinton and the whole ball of wax. we are...
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were president obama understands that fundamental principle. i think he said to governor romney it was offensive to try to politicize something like that, and the people of america understand that. we have a good commander in chief who fights hard for our troops. if there is any kind of mistake or something that doesn't go the right way the commander in chief finds out and does something about it. >> jennifer: all right we're going to take a quick break governor quinn, you're going to stay right there. we'll have more with you right after the break. stay tune. build a ground-breaking car. good. now build a time machine. go here, find someone who can build a futuristic dash board display. bring future guy back. watch him build a tft display like nothing you've ever seen. get him to explain exactly what that is. the thin film transistor display... [ male announcer ] mmm, maybe not. just show it. customize the dash give it park assist. the fuel efficiency flower thing. send future guy home his work here is done. destroy time machine. win some awar
were president obama understands that fundamental principle. i think he said to governor romney it was offensive to try to politicize something like that, and the people of america understand that. we have a good commander in chief who fights hard for our troops. if there is any kind of mistake or something that doesn't go the right way the commander in chief finds out and does something about it. >> jennifer: all right we're going to take a quick break governor quinn, you're going to...
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obama's faith. >> i don't question the president's faith. he says he is a question. >> though that is apparently not good enough for the reverent franklin graham. passing on the chance to comment on the president's religion. >> you would have to ask him. i cannot answer that question for anybody. president obama, the muslims of the world, he seems to be more concerned about them, than the christians that are being murdered in those countries. >> if republicans are secretly smiling at graham's remarks. mitt romney should not take too much comfort from that. >> most christians would not recognize mormon. they have a lot of things that we don't accept. >> first for more on the increasingly theology-tinged gop race i'm joined now by joe williams. >> hi, good evening, brother olbermann. >> thank you very much. and let's keep saying satan behind something. this santorum speech from four and a half years ago, is there a sense of how something that brimstony plays when it's interjected into a race like this right now. >> the polls tell part of the s
obama's faith. >> i don't question the president's faith. he says he is a question. >> though that is apparently not good enough for the reverent franklin graham. passing on the chance to comment on the president's religion. >> you would have to ask him. i cannot answer that question for anybody. president obama, the muslims of the world, he seems to be more concerned about them, than the christians that are being murdered in those countries. >> if republicans are...
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i think people are concerned with obama as well, who is the real obama. >> eliot: yeah. but we do know that mitt romney is being sunk but his apparently feelty to the far right. and david stockman said this guy is a joker. >> that's right. they look at romney and say this is too far. the right has gone to an extreme that we never would have envisioned or endorsed and the country cannot sustain. this deep of cut to the social net and economic engine will spell chaos. >> eliot: part of the reason for this is there is this huge chasm when the imagery of ronald reagan and the reality of how he governed. the article is titled "who is driving mitt," eric bates, executive editor of "rollingstone" magazine, thank you for time you tonight. >> thank you. >> eliot: and we'll show you every clumsy thing mitt romney ever did. it's in the viewfinder coming up next. when you use lysol at home, you'll know you're a part of something bigger. for healthy tips and more, visit lysol.com/missionforhealth. >> eliot: >> eliot: still to come signs of life in the union movement lessons from the
i think people are concerned with obama as well, who is the real obama. >> eliot: yeah. but we do know that mitt romney is being sunk but his apparently feelty to the far right. and david stockman said this guy is a joker. >> that's right. they look at romney and say this is too far. the right has gone to an extreme that we never would have envisioned or endorsed and the country cannot sustain. this deep of cut to the social net and economic engine will spell chaos. >> eliot:...
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obama, 51%. he beat romney by more than george bush beat john kerry in 2004. >> that's a solid, solid victory. he has a mandate. >> i think he definitely has a mandate. >> do you think he knows it? >> i think he knows he has a mandate. he has a mandate. his 8 pick-ups in the house shows he has a mandate. i think the fact people waited 4 hours in line shows he has a mandate. the fact romney didn't win his home state, bath state or father's state and the paul ryan, and i think the president won states like virginia every battleground. >> florida. >> the president wins that sounds like a mandate. >> eight out of nine, a mandate. he becomes the -- he is now the only president. there are two presidents in history that have won two terms with more than -- with 51% or more of the vote. the only other one was eisenhower beating stevens 52 and 56. i saw that factoid this morning. this was a historic victory for the man that everybody wrote off -- not everybody, but the republicans and a lot of pahvantits
obama, 51%. he beat romney by more than george bush beat john kerry in 2004. >> that's a solid, solid victory. he has a mandate. >> i think he definitely has a mandate. >> do you think he knows it? >> i think he knows he has a mandate. he has a mandate. his 8 pick-ups in the house shows he has a mandate. i think the fact people waited 4 hours in line shows he has a mandate. the fact romney didn't win his home state, bath state or father's state and the paul ryan, and i...
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michelle obama's new bang. the president says he loves them calling it the most significant event of the weekend and says she looks good. she always looks good. today, we are expecting a much bigger crowd than what we saw yesterday, more than half a million people will be watching from the mall this morning with millions more on television. more bill after the break. stay with us. we have a big big hour and the iq will go way up. (vo) current tv gets the converstion started weekdays at 9am eastern. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. (vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed.
michelle obama's new bang. the president says he loves them calling it the most significant event of the weekend and says she looks good. she always looks good. today, we are expecting a much bigger crowd than what we saw yesterday, more than half a million people will be watching from the mall this morning with millions more on television. more bill after the break. stay with us. we have a big big hour and the iq will go way up. (vo) current tv gets the converstion started weekdays at 9am...
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democratic donors to help them fund basically an outside game for obama. obama shut that down. he wanted work to be done through the traditional democratic channels. once citizens united happened, they sort of reluctantly came to the view that they needed to play against the republicans in this terrain, and they weren't really happy about it. it's not what they want. there aren't nearly as many adelson's on the left as are on the right, so they're at a cash disadvantage. there are outside groups on the democratic side but not as vast or well-funded yet. it sort of remains to be seen how much after this cycle of republicans are really interested after newt gingrich is throwing their guy off his game whether they want to keep you know, thal chemist citizens united in place. >> if you can't beat them, join them. thank you very much. >> bill in new jersey state senate legalizing same-sex how is chris christy going to get out of this? don't worry, he's got a plan. >> barney frank plans to marry his partner. soon their marriage may be recognized in more states.
democratic donors to help them fund basically an outside game for obama. obama shut that down. he wanted work to be done through the traditional democratic channels. once citizens united happened, they sort of reluctantly came to the view that they needed to play against the republicans in this terrain, and they weren't really happy about it. it's not what they want. there aren't nearly as many adelson's on the left as are on the right, so they're at a cash disadvantage. there are outside...
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compare bain after obama's investment. make the argument that the president is better at private equity than mitt romney. we invested and saved it. that's creative investment, and it may be the change that we can believe in. the economy is bad for kids just out of college or high school. it's time for a year of national service. this is the modern day wpa. we will give a job. it can be enlisting in the military if you choose but we will pay you, give you skills and by the way, cover your student debts while you're in the program. this will slay or at least make a dent in the student debt issue. of course, there are deeper argument for national service for the sake of community and patriotism. stockholders are starting to stand up and demand change in the companies they own. join that fight instead of being bogged down in the one-dimensional debate of regulation. empowering shareholders is more important. leave the sec with rules on proxy fights board selections, and role of mutual funds with other investors. this is the ke
compare bain after obama's investment. make the argument that the president is better at private equity than mitt romney. we invested and saved it. that's creative investment, and it may be the change that we can believe in. the economy is bad for kids just out of college or high school. it's time for a year of national service. this is the modern day wpa. we will give a job. it can be enlisting in the military if you choose but we will pay you, give you skills and by the way, cover your...
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again, wisconsin went for barack obama in 2008. it has a strong democratic tradition, and a big democratic base in milwaukee, and it's really an uphill battle for mitt romney. romney and the super paccing supporting him are going to spend big money. and it's in play for romney and whether that's realistic or not, it doesn't look like that now. >> you spend a lot of time covering dark money and super pacs what is the reaction of the koch bothers and sheldoned a elson. >> the koch brothers without a doubt love it. he says all the right things. he is all about free market and employees of koch industries are the six largest donors to paul ryan throughout his career. he has spoken at their donor retreats. as for shellen adelson, he is going to meet paul ryan very soon. and it's no doubt that he is a hit for the big conservative donors and he will bring in the big buck. >> in fact andy it looks like there has been a pac that was created just to defend paul ryan. my guess is they are going to go to the koch brothers the adelsons to fill
again, wisconsin went for barack obama in 2008. it has a strong democratic tradition, and a big democratic base in milwaukee, and it's really an uphill battle for mitt romney. romney and the super paccing supporting him are going to spend big money. and it's in play for romney and whether that's realistic or not, it doesn't look like that now. >> you spend a lot of time covering dark money and super pacs what is the reaction of the koch bothers and sheldoned a elson. >> the koch...
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further more obama versus obama. his half brother in kenya! >> obama had not done anything to help you? ♪ >> i think he has a family to run. >> will his brother sell him out? we'll show you in a little bit. and speaking of drama, this the state of san fernando valley you're using to politicians screwing you, but not like this. i told my estranged wife and my children about my relationship. >> i don't have no respect for you. >> you don't have no respect for your wife or family. >> they are all having affairs, and they might all get recalled. how is that for fun politics? anybody know what time it is? all right. it geese time! ♪ >> now we have been telling the president, go after mitt romney's secret bank accounts. here is what americans are not going to be happy with, a guy returning for president of the united states of america, who has money in the cayman islands and bermuda, owning corporations set up in bermuda. and the president listened. here is what he said. >> i think what is important if you are running for president is that the a
further more obama versus obama. his half brother in kenya! >> obama had not done anything to help you? ♪ >> i think he has a family to run. >> will his brother sell him out? we'll show you in a little bit. and speaking of drama, this the state of san fernando valley you're using to politicians screwing you, but not like this. i told my estranged wife and my children about my relationship. >> i don't have no respect for you. >> you don't have no respect for your...
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president obama highlight desilene victor in his state of the union speech. >> obama: we should follow the example of a north miami woman named desilene victor, when desilene victor arrived at her polling place she was told the wait might be six hours. the time ticked around her concern was not her tired body or acre aching feet, her concern but whether people would be able to vote. she was able to 2039 on the sticker that said i voted. >> cenk: that was a special story. everybody liked that story--wrong. fox news did not like that story. they yucked it up about december lean victorier. >> that 102 woman should not be online. >> why not. >> what's the big deal. >> what else is she doing? >> she was happy. she waited in line. she was happy she was this to vote. >> hey helder up as a victim. what was she a victim of? >> cenk: they're making fun of the rashes on the bottom of her feet and she's 102 years old and she just wants to exercise her right to vote. fox news guys are unbelievable. now how much people have to wait. they said it has 95% accuracy. you see there, there was about 90-mi
president obama highlight desilene victor in his state of the union speech. >> obama: we should follow the example of a north miami woman named desilene victor, when desilene victor arrived at her polling place she was told the wait might be six hours. the time ticked around her concern was not her tired body or acre aching feet, her concern but whether people would be able to vote. she was able to 2039 on the sticker that said i voted. >> cenk: that was a special story. everybody...
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. >> michael: president obama seems to have been losing his mojo lately. he came out of his cabinet meeting with little to say about improveing efficiency and embracing technology. here is a clip from his speech. >> obama: and i directed the cabinet to deliver efficiency. >> michael: developing apps warning people of natural disasters and releasing information to the public. young dingell is getting in touch with his techy side. he's the secondest longest serving congressman trying out his techy. >> this is quite a machine. >> michael: this is quite a machine. google apps will probably not be in the president's efficiency plan. but he did talk about new tech projects in the pipeline that automatically fills in government forms and another that allows users to track the status of applications. it's a decent start but we'll see what impact it will have in speeding up our beastly bureaucracy. joining us are our friend joe garafoli. how much has the obama administration done to improve government efficiency. >> everybody comes in and say they're going to impro
. >> michael: president obama seems to have been losing his mojo lately. he came out of his cabinet meeting with little to say about improveing efficiency and embracing technology. here is a clip from his speech. >> obama: and i directed the cabinet to deliver efficiency. >> michael: developing apps warning people of natural disasters and releasing information to the public. young dingell is getting in touch with his techy side. he's the secondest longest serving congressman...
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as you can see early voters 50% voting for president obama. obama, 44% for mitt romney. election day that means mitt romney has to get 53% of the vote in florida if he's going to win. so that is a pretty hefty tag to run up. that's all according to the obama campaign. in iowa over a third of voters have already voted there. and among those early voters, you can see 64% of those are supporting barack obama. 35% of them are supporting mitt romney. and that means that mitt romney is going to need to win 59% of election-day voters. in north carolina, nearly half of all ballots have already been cast. and of those who have already been cast, 58% of those early voters favor the president. 41% of those favor mitt romney. so mitt romney is going to need to win 57% of north carolina on election day. we're seeing that pattern play out in the other swing states, too like nevada, virginia, wisconsin. so the republicans are trying to make up ground. in florida we're seeing this because republican leaders are on a two-day bus tour promoting early voting. here is romney florida campaig
as you can see early voters 50% voting for president obama. obama, 44% for mitt romney. election day that means mitt romney has to get 53% of the vote in florida if he's going to win. so that is a pretty hefty tag to run up. that's all according to the obama campaign. in iowa over a third of voters have already voted there. and among those early voters, you can see 64% of those are supporting barack obama. 35% of them are supporting mitt romney. and that means that mitt romney is going to need...
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danny fowler has advised campaigns from dick ephart to barack obama. and also here is republican advisor, jillian mannes. he runs mannes and associates literary agency. thank you for joining us in the war room. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> you have seen these results. donny i know you have campaigned and worked in florida. what do you think? is this a surprise at all. >> not a surprise over the last two days. definitely a surprise after the last week. the question is whether this is the beginning of the end of the presidential nominating season for the republicans or the end of the beginning. gingrich has promised a slash and burn complain and we're certainly not going to see a hope, and yes, we can complain in the general election. >> it will be interesting to see how he treats it in his acceptance or rejection speech tonight. you know, is he going to continue as he has been really over the past couple of days saying he is in it and in it all the way. and of course, florida being a winner take all states that means he is going to lose out on those 5
danny fowler has advised campaigns from dick ephart to barack obama. and also here is republican advisor, jillian mannes. he runs mannes and associates literary agency. thank you for joining us in the war room. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> you have seen these results. donny i know you have campaigned and worked in florida. what do you think? is this a surprise at all. >> not a surprise over the last two days. definitely a surprise after the last week. the question is...
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here in the obama war room... >>>putting satire aside, i agree paul ryan would be great for democrats. for us it would fame the intellectual debate. >>>see the future "live" weeknights starting at 7pm. uygur. spitzer. granholm. only on current tv. >> mitt romney's selection of paul ryan as his running mate reinforces he wants campaign to be about jobs and the budget not the area where the president has the most unilateral control, foreign policy. because romney doesn't want to talk about it doesn't mean the uncertain issue of foreign policy will not rear its ugly head. after defecting last way, senate riad jabab says they control 304% of the country and says the regime is on the verge of collapse. the death toll in the syrian civil war has surpassed 20 78. elsewhere in egypt, president miami morrisey forced the two highest ranking military officials out of their posts. in the war in one wants to talk about, 46 people were skilled by suicide bombers in afghanistan. here to explain where the fortunately policies dif
here in the obama war room... >>>putting satire aside, i agree paul ryan would be great for democrats. for us it would fame the intellectual debate. >>>see the future "live" weeknights starting at 7pm. uygur. spitzer. granholm. only on current tv. >> mitt romney's selection of paul ryan as his running mate reinforces he wants campaign to be about jobs and the budget not the area where the president has the most unilateral control, foreign policy. because romney...
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that was some of the first big fight between president obama and eric cantor was that was when obama said -- >> jennifer: not really tax cuts but when it comes to tax cuts for business -- >> exactly. hey, look, because i'm an author in my spare time, i'm a small businessman. i got to learn a little bit about how you can use the tax code for things that are business expenses. they're legitimate. i.r.s. leave me alone. i'm very conservative but it is -- >> jennifer: you're writing off a portion of your house. >> exactly. it is another way that people with money who put a lot of these things -- i would save money anyway, i would have a nanny anyway, i would have healthcare but the government encourages me to do more of it. >> jennifer: it is a fascinating discussion. a really great discussion in a black and white world and very, it's being politicized like that. thank you so much for a great article and great book. appreciate having you. [ indiscernible ] side "the war room." michael grunwald. up next, few people know more about the inner workings of the united states supreme court than
that was some of the first big fight between president obama and eric cantor was that was when obama said -- >> jennifer: not really tax cuts but when it comes to tax cuts for business -- >> exactly. hey, look, because i'm an author in my spare time, i'm a small businessman. i got to learn a little bit about how you can use the tax code for things that are business expenses. they're legitimate. i.r.s. leave me alone. i'm very conservative but it is -- >> jennifer: you're...
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i don't think it's a double-dict state for obama any more. but obama's still ahead. romney has a couple of strikes against him in michigan even though he has roots there. his clear opposition to the auto rescue not playing well with voters there and his, you know, his general approach to the economy, which is, you know, outsourcing jobs and, you know, sort of a top-down corporate approach doesn't bode well. >> i agree with you on that. we have some information out of north carolina which was not particularly pleasing to the president. you have romney up two points. this is a state that he won lastime, that the president won last time. what do you think will happen this time? >> in isn't too surprising. this is pretty consistently for the last few months, north carolina polls have shown romney with a slight lead. it was a stretch for obama to win it last time this is a leaning romney state but obama is playing for it. serious media there. it's going to be a contested sait. right now, i think it's leaning a little bit last one i want to show you. not so much about a he
i don't think it's a double-dict state for obama any more. but obama's still ahead. romney has a couple of strikes against him in michigan even though he has roots there. his clear opposition to the auto rescue not playing well with voters there and his, you know, his general approach to the economy, which is, you know, outsourcing jobs and, you know, sort of a top-down corporate approach doesn't bode well. >> i agree with you on that. we have some information out of north carolina which...
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obama has been in office for three years. people are impatient. >> be careful what you wish for. >> but if you listen to the speech. right? to what romney was saying, he is trying to keep it big-picture. right? it's very broad strokes like the economy is not as good as it should be. i am a businessman i can make it better. not a lot of policy there because you when look at the policies, they are not very popular, the ones he is proposing. >> you name it. >> he is trying to keep it big-picture. >> probably you would advice him if you were in the war room his war room, to do the same thing. >> the obama folks need to bear down. what is he proposing? what is his record? >> let's take a look at that. the priorities priorities u.s.a. the super p.a.c. that supports president obama picked up where his ad against romney left off yesterday. so take a license to this: >> if we -- take a license to this. >> if we lost they made money. if we survived at the made money. he promised us the same things he is promising the united states stat
obama has been in office for three years. people are impatient. >> be careful what you wish for. >> but if you listen to the speech. right? to what romney was saying, he is trying to keep it big-picture. right? it's very broad strokes like the economy is not as good as it should be. i am a businessman i can make it better. not a lot of policy there because you when look at the policies, they are not very popular, the ones he is proposing. >> you name it. >> he is trying...
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under obama it's $0.93. inequality got worse under obama than it did from clinton to bush. so if you look at the net effect of policies obama is to the right of george bush. whereas you might say, oh well obama is taking all of this wall street money and it's the rules of the game et cetera et cetera. obama believes in all of this stuff. he believes that jamie dimon -- >> we got to leave. >> okay. but i don't disagree but i just want to make one more point on this i'm just talking -- >> you think this matters. >> i do think this matters -- no but i disagree with you on the ming of the playing field, but i don't disagree with you that they are not dissimilar when it comes to economy and he does more damage but the two candidates themselves are vastly different on so many issues. this is about the economy. >> we got to get it right there. what i'm getting is either way we're not going to go after the banks, and on top of that the drone strikes continue. and it has us increasing al-qaeda memberships when we come back. >> attacks are ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male annou
under obama it's $0.93. inequality got worse under obama than it did from clinton to bush. so if you look at the net effect of policies obama is to the right of george bush. whereas you might say, oh well obama is taking all of this wall street money and it's the rules of the game et cetera et cetera. obama believes in all of this stuff. he believes that jamie dimon -- >> we got to leave. >> okay. but i don't disagree but i just want to make one more point on this i'm just talking...
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their base is hate obama. they're very energized to get out, and yeah, i wouldn't sit around and smoke cigarettes and say we got a great ground game and look at what we did in '08. we've got all these offices open and we've got the vote on the early vote, it's trending our way. this is going to come down to the wire. they've got a sophisticated game. as much as we dislike the campaign that mitt romney is running, as much as we dislike his position, as much as we see how much he flip flops on these issues and the latest is the china deal in ohio with completely being dishonest about the whole thing, you got to respect their ground game. i've been around--i'm not that old, but i've been in ohio politics enough to know that in '04 we thought kerry had it, and karl rove ground it out. they had an issue on the ballot on gay marriage that drove out the base. this time they don't need that on the ballot because they just have this hatred for barack obama, and they're going to come out and vote and they'll be there on
their base is hate obama. they're very energized to get out, and yeah, i wouldn't sit around and smoke cigarettes and say we got a great ground game and look at what we did in '08. we've got all these offices open and we've got the vote on the early vote, it's trending our way. this is going to come down to the wire. they've got a sophisticated game. as much as we dislike the campaign that mitt romney is running, as much as we dislike his position, as much as we see how much he flip flops on...
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under obama 77.9% increase. they have to be ecstatic with obama. but they're not. it's never enough. more more, more, more. and obama has the nerve to once slightly criticize them. this is what he said. >> did i not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on wall street. >> cenk: oh, my god how can he call them fat cats! you are fat cats! even if you think you're doing the right thing you're enormously wealthy. that's what a fat cat is. boo-hoo their feelings were hurt. the business who gave president obama $14.5 million in the last election cycle all of a sudden redirecting that money to mitt romney. romney has $18.3 million that he's raising from wall street, and president obama is down to $5.5 million, which is still a ton of money but still $9 million less than he raised last time from wall street. in order to talk about this, etc. bring in an exert. bill cohen. he has best selling book "money and power: how goldman sachs came to rule the world" great to have you again. >> always great to be here. >> cenk: is it that stupid fat cat--i don't
under obama 77.9% increase. they have to be ecstatic with obama. but they're not. it's never enough. more more, more, more. and obama has the nerve to once slightly criticize them. this is what he said. >> did i not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on wall street. >> cenk: oh, my god how can he call them fat cats! you are fat cats! even if you think you're doing the right thing you're enormously wealthy. that's what a fat cat is. boo-hoo their feelings...
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here in the obama war room... >>>putting satire aside, i agree paul ryan would be great for democrats. for us it would fame the intellectual debate. >>>see the future "live" weeknights starting at 7pm. uygur. spitzer. granholm. only on current tv. [ male announcer ] the inventors of twix had a falling out, so the production of twix was divided between two separate factories. left twix factory cascades caramel and chocolate onto cookie, while right twix factory flows caramel and chocolate onto cookie. today they share nothing but a wrapper and a driveway. try both and pick a side. of sununu, you're wrong. mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our >> lending much needed electricity itto the campaign, what does it mean to the strategy? is ryan a radical factor who lends substance to mitt romney's lack of style or another example of a george w. bush conservative, a cogservative by declaration only with a record of big spending? how will bo
here in the obama war room... >>>putting satire aside, i agree paul ryan would be great for democrats. for us it would fame the intellectual debate. >>>see the future "live" weeknights starting at 7pm. uygur. spitzer. granholm. only on current tv. [ male announcer ] the inventors of twix had a falling out, so the production of twix was divided between two separate factories. left twix factory cascades caramel and chocolate onto cookie, while right twix factory flows...
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she's from the obama administration. look at c-7 here. >> i don't really get caught up in the vocabulary wars. they are immigrants who are here illegally. they're i illegal i am documented. an undocumented i immigrant. >> cenk: there is the secretary saying i'm a right winger. >> well, she's saying i talk about policies. you write stories. i got problems to solve. i don't care. >> cenk: i hear you on that. we're going with the word undocumented. the most famous undocumented immigrant in american history the people who came over on the mayflower, totally undocumented. when we come back, well, we've got prosecutors literally on the run from the aryan brotherhood. i literally can't remember another time a prosecutor stepped down from a case because they were scared. that's what is happening in texas of all places. we'll talk about that. >> the u.s. george said heilman is leaving for security reasons. >> i understand why someone would want to step down, and it makes sense to me. [ ♪ music ♪ ] you. >> cenk: all right, we'
she's from the obama administration. look at c-7 here. >> i don't really get caught up in the vocabulary wars. they are immigrants who are here illegally. they're i illegal i am documented. an undocumented i immigrant. >> cenk: there is the secretary saying i'm a right winger. >> well, she's saying i talk about policies. you write stories. i got problems to solve. i don't care. >> cenk: i hear you on that. we're going with the word undocumented. the most famous...
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obama and that iowa will always have a special place in their hearts. as for the romney-ryan ticket, ryan is still coming out swinging. he will speak at miami university of ohio today which just so happens to be his alma alma mater. romney was in ohio yesterday, obviously a very critical state since no republican candidate has ever taken the white house without winning ohio. and romney aides are insisting it was not a fundraiser, just a finance event. either way, ryan's trip yesterday will likely mean more money for the republican ticket. he met with the conservative billionaire sheldon adelson who has already given $10 million to romney's super p.a.c., crossroads gps. aides refuse to say who else was at the meeting. one lucky iowan got a taste of the president's beer yesterday. mr. obama loves beer so much that the white house installed a brewery after he took. that served one light beer and one dark beer during a stop in iowa, someone asked him for a bottle. so he sent a staff member to get one from the campaign bus. seems he even takes his beer on th
obama and that iowa will always have a special place in their hearts. as for the romney-ryan ticket, ryan is still coming out swinging. he will speak at miami university of ohio today which just so happens to be his alma alma mater. romney was in ohio yesterday, obviously a very critical state since no republican candidate has ever taken the white house without winning ohio. and romney aides are insisting it was not a fundraiser, just a finance event. either way, ryan's trip yesterday will...
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president obama is rattled on the defensive. he's running on empty and has nothing left but attacks and insults. with just 11 days ago before election day both camps feel the pressure. likely voters favored romney over the president by one point in a "abc news" washington post. and five points in in the latest gallup tracking poll. an american research poll showed the president with a two-point edge. we should know next week whether the singer meat loaf at a rally last night shift the balance of weight in that key state. a purple poll gave the president the one-point engine in cool and showed him tied with romney at 47-47 in virginia. the republican-leaning rasmussen gave obama a two-point lead over romney in florida. david axelrod still seems confident of a obama win leaving romney to place to go. in my view we have got the lead and the ball. the question is how does he change that now. maybe so, but the job numbers that come out the friday before the election still have the potential to change the dynamics in this very tight r
president obama is rattled on the defensive. he's running on empty and has nothing left but attacks and insults. with just 11 days ago before election day both camps feel the pressure. likely voters favored romney over the president by one point in a "abc news" washington post. and five points in in the latest gallup tracking poll. an american research poll showed the president with a two-point edge. we should know next week whether the singer meat loaf at a rally last night shift the...
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and then if i were obama. >> mr. speaker! the president of the united states. [ cheering ] >> cenk: well, the republicans are already talking about impeachment if obama wins a second term. how would i current attack? you have a pretty good idea, but i'll tell you all about it on this show. it's go time. >> cenk: all right, if you've been watching this show for a little while you might see me get angry. one day i was literally hopping mad. i hopped over there. if you might think if you're not used to it, probably some of you aren't, you don't see that very much anchors that get mad yell and scream--it's because i actually care. there are so many issues and stories that are infuriating. unfortunately we've got a perfect one for you guys today. and if you bear with me, and you can get through my yelling and screaming i can prove to you what is so wrong with the system. today's story is a perfect example of that. you heard all about the fast and the furious right? the case where the atf agents got 2,000 guns and gave them to the
and then if i were obama. >> mr. speaker! the president of the united states. [ cheering ] >> cenk: well, the republicans are already talking about impeachment if obama wins a second term. how would i current attack? you have a pretty good idea, but i'll tell you all about it on this show. it's go time. >> cenk: all right, if you've been watching this show for a little while you might see me get angry. one day i was literally hopping mad. i hopped over there. if you might...
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and will president obama encourage people to donate to his super pac? absolutely. >> we see carl rouge, the koch brothers, and others raising upwards of a half of million dollars to try to defeat the president. >> all right. so they decided, we're not going to do unilateral disaroundment here. this is going back on his pledge, and there are some people who are upset about it. and one is this former senator. well, i think it's a really interesting question and i can see both sides of this issue, and so what i want to do is bring in two people on two different sides here for both people who want the right thing here for the country and care about this issue, but have two different perspectives. ian millhowser and bob edgar, who has been working on this for a long long time. first of all welcome, guys and bob, i want to start with you. tell me why it doesn't be unilateral disarmament. >> i think rush finegold is right. if you look at the polls, people all across the country want politicians to be reformers today. and all the president has done is taken awa
and will president obama encourage people to donate to his super pac? absolutely. >> we see carl rouge, the koch brothers, and others raising upwards of a half of million dollars to try to defeat the president. >> all right. so they decided, we're not going to do unilateral disaroundment here. this is going back on his pledge, and there are some people who are upset about it. and one is this former senator. well, i think it's a really interesting question and i can see both sides of...
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of course, on obama care, he wants to repeal obama care. which, of course, would mainly, mainly hurt women because of preventive services or access to contraception or other things important to protect women's health. and he was the leader in the house of attempts to overthrow the new hhs regulations providing access to all american women for contraception. so on all of these issues, all of the social issues, paul ryan is as far right as you can get. here's what i would like your take on. i don't really understand it. 1-866-55-press. that this is the republican party which kind of moved away from the social issues even though pat buchanan wanted to go there. moved away from it in 2008. john mccain didn't run around talking about abortion and same-sex marriage and gay adoption and all of those issues. and neither has mitt romney so far. mitt romney kind of avoided them. didn't want to talk about them. he just wanted to talk about jobs and the economy. but now with paul ryan, these issues are front and center again. again. paul ryan is a post
of course, on obama care, he wants to repeal obama care. which, of course, would mainly, mainly hurt women because of preventive services or access to contraception or other things important to protect women's health. and he was the leader in the house of attempts to overthrow the new hhs regulations providing access to all american women for contraception. so on all of these issues, all of the social issues, paul ryan is as far right as you can get. here's what i would like your take on. i...
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i think the obama campaign is very confident in their ground game. i just came from campaigning in florida this weekend and it is incredible the operation that they have there. and in north carolina. and in virginia. i don't think they're going to cede any territory at this point. especially when the margins are so razor thin. if it's one or two points, if they have a good ground game, they could overcome. >> al gore: the analysts that i've been listening say that the president has a big advantage where the ground game is concerned. >> jennifer: from georgia to florida, sorry about that cenk. >> it would play out in iowa. >> cenk: if president obama has won north carolina, he's beat him so handily. in the scenarios where he barely wins, the scenarios we care most about, he's not going to be anywhere near in north carolina. why not take those and move them up to ohio, iowa and even nevada where you need him a lot more? >> eliot: are these triage decisions necessary? or do they both have enough money in terms of the game, the tv buys, i think they're a
i think the obama campaign is very confident in their ground game. i just came from campaigning in florida this weekend and it is incredible the operation that they have there. and in north carolina. and in virginia. i don't think they're going to cede any territory at this point. especially when the margins are so razor thin. if it's one or two points, if they have a good ground game, they could overcome. >> al gore: the analysts that i've been listening say that the president has a big...
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say it with me, down under obama. down under obama, not up. you got to repeat it to the republicans because they're knuckle heads. they like to repeat lies. we got to straighten them out by telling them the truth. now romney said he's going to do much, much better. really? let's watch. >> i will lead us out of this debt and spending inferno. we will stop borrowing unfathomable sums of money from foreign countries we're never even going to visit. i will work with you to make sure we put out this spending and borrowing fire. >> cenk: oh, he'll definitely do that except for the fact that he totally won't. this from the tax policy center, a nonpartisan organization. they scored romney's budget? you want to see how much his tax cuts add to the deficit? 20% drop in tax rates leads to $2.75 trillion added to the deaf syd. his alternative minimum tax adds another $76 billion. and he proposed to extend the tax cuts permanently. that adds another $5.4 trillion. in total, mitt romney would not decrease the deficit. he would increase the deficit by $8.8 t
say it with me, down under obama. down under obama, not up. you got to repeat it to the republicans because they're knuckle heads. they like to repeat lies. we got to straighten them out by telling them the truth. now romney said he's going to do much, much better. really? let's watch. >> i will lead us out of this debt and spending inferno. we will stop borrowing unfathomable sums of money from foreign countries we're never even going to visit. i will work with you to make sure we put...
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ground and she described the obama field offices were plastered with posters of obama and the team et cetera. but in the republican field offices, they were sort of coordinated campaign offices, they had the congressional member, et cetera. so it wasn't focused on the presidential. what is going on there? >> i think it goes back to the fact that obama's team has focussed a long time putting in place that type of infrastructure. the romney campaign had to go through the primary and they don't have the local resources. >> jennifer: do you think messaging is going to penetrate now? >> george w. bush won in 2004 by about as many people who will be going to the game across the street from where we are right now, about 50,000 people. so there's no question field operation can make or break a difference. and that's part of the firewall in place. >> jennifer: people say it's sometimes worth two percentage points. do you agree with that? >> i do. you have to have both. the air and the ground. air gets you even ground can get you over the top. >> jennifer: for sure. interesting story today abou
ground and she described the obama field offices were plastered with posters of obama and the team et cetera. but in the republican field offices, they were sort of coordinated campaign offices, they had the congressional member, et cetera. so it wasn't focused on the presidential. what is going on there? >> i think it goes back to the fact that obama's team has focussed a long time putting in place that type of infrastructure. the romney campaign had to go through the primary and they...
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it remains to be seen if president obama likes what he hears. when the closing bell range the dow finished as an all-time high that should be welcome news to the white house but it has not led to a rosy employment picture. now the economy and americans are bracing for the latest cuts in government spending that was left in the mess behind by president bush and his wall street cronies. john boehner made it clear where he stands on the budget. boehner and his team stood under a boehner that said "spending is the problem and then "#cut waists. waists--wastes. >> we have been caught in this battle of having clips and having deadlines. this is no way to run a government. until the president is serious about the serious structural spending problem that we have, we'll have to deal with it. >> michael: boehner is promoting a republican plan that would continue funding the government through september. president obama is staying out of the spotlight and calling members of congress reforming entitlement programs and cutting spending. today congressional o
it remains to be seen if president obama likes what he hears. when the closing bell range the dow finished as an all-time high that should be welcome news to the white house but it has not led to a rosy employment picture. now the economy and americans are bracing for the latest cuts in government spending that was left in the mess behind by president bush and his wall street cronies. john boehner made it clear where he stands on the budget. boehner and his team stood under a boehner that said...
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i can't understand why obama wouldn't fire him. if this isn't enough to fire an attorney general, what are you waiting for? does he have to commit murder. >> michael: so he is just one step away from murder from what he is done. i want to go to your hapless party. there was a call to rework the platform's ideas. are republicans too focused on scandal now to do anything in politics. >> they see political gain. there's a lot of play in this. obama is going to lose. this will help republicans in the 2014 elections. this isn't a sexing scandal. everybody can identify politically, and this is what the polling is starting to show everybody identifies with abuse from the irs. >> michael: jack, you just said this isn't a sex scandal like lewinsky, and earlier you said you want the independent counsel back, the reason the independent counsel gone was because of kenneth star's abuse of the office. then you are saying that that rose to a level -- this isn't a sexual -- but if it was such a little thing, that sexual dalience of president clint
i can't understand why obama wouldn't fire him. if this isn't enough to fire an attorney general, what are you waiting for? does he have to commit murder. >> michael: so he is just one step away from murder from what he is done. i want to go to your hapless party. there was a call to rework the platform's ideas. are republicans too focused on scandal now to do anything in politics. >> they see political gain. there's a lot of play in this. obama is going to lose. this will help...